
Soft Things
SciShow Tangents
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Milk Thread Is the Source of the Methone Ring
In the 19 thirties, italian chemists were producing milk fabrics under the lanital brand. It takes around a hundred pounds of milk to produce three pounds of milk fibre. And most hilariously, apparently, when lanital and aralac got wet, they smelled like spoiled milk. If i've ever heardeas shirts, do you have a way of getting wet things?
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